ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

"I am Captain Silas A. Grant," Silas responded with a small salute.

"Member of Team Asimov and proud astronaut."

Hacks gave Silas a look, ~Really? Again?~

"I've been to Mars Hacks, so have you. Let's be proud of it."

Amber snickered, <Can you even display pride?>

"Nice to meet you Megan. And I believe your name is Rose."

Vali Cave

"Huh. Typically it's a lack of knowledge that prevents plot advancement," Colt contemplated walking through the cave-like hole. It might have been a cave.

Outside the Base - Saffron, I'm guessing?

Colt's here for interaction, in case anyone wants to talk to him.

edited 17th Dec '17 5:02:47 PM by AbsentCoder

Nimbasa

Rose: Y-yeah. I'm Rose. Jaide.

-She gives a little wave, looking somewhat like she'd rather be somewhere else right about now.-

 Saffron, past 

-To Lina-

Jill is... well that's not quite her real name I'm not even sure if it can be translated into any moral language, but her occupation. Jills serve Dialga as his messengers and fixers of minor timeline troubles.

-To Jill-

But can you help Neon?

Jill: -Nods- <Tiid Klo Ul!>^note Time Sand Eternity, aka "Slow Time"

-She repeats the Shout several times-

edited 18th Dec '17 1:54:23 AM by rmctagg09

Nimbasa

-Megan and Thespi stare, starry-eyed-

Thespi: <Whoa.>

Megan: You're an astronaut?? Who's been to Mars?! That's so cool!!

Pippy: -to Plague Doktor- <Oh hello! I've never seen a Pokémon like you before!>

Vee: -grins at Gabe-

edited 17th Dec '17 1:33:29 PM by Asterisk395

Silas smiled at Megan's enthusiasm, "Yeah. My pokemon and I are a part of the team that dared to go further than ever before... and did."

Out popped Silas's Porygon, Bishop, "Don't be so modest Captain! It was a amazing journey!"

"Did you even go on it?"

Bishop nodded, "I was one of the Porygon helping to run the Odysseus as we made our way to the red planet. I requested to be added to your team after the incident a few months ago."

Silas shrugged, "So, pokemon journey? Always fun."

Nimbasa City

Rose: Haha. Yeah. I, uh, have somewhere I need to... do... something. I'll see you around! Nice to meet you!

-She quickly absconds to scream in privacy-

Nimbasa

Gabe: Heh, whatcha looking at, Vaporeon?

Plauge Doktor: <NEVER SEEN AN AROMATISE BEFORE? WELL HERE YOU GO!>

Saffron, past

-Well, this seems to dispell the effects-

-...Uh oh. Neon is much taller, his facial features are notably sharper, he has longer, messier hair, some moustache growth, and none of his clothes fit at all. In short, he seems to have aged 10 years, and he's still unconsious-

-Good news is he doesn't seem to be in pain at all so that's something?-

Lina: ...fuck

Saffron City

-Vierr sees the results, and breathes a sigh. It's not entirely clear whether it's out of relief or not.-

Lo: -gradually overtakes the others as she settles into a comfortable mach-speed cruise, but is restrained by her trainer- <We're lucky that you recently adjusted your team on the PC, who knows what we may run into.>

Channah: -totally did that, off-screen-

Nimbasa

-as Rose leaves-

Megan: ...Oh.

-she turns back to Silas and forces a smile-

Megan: Yep! I came from Sinnoh to Alola and now I'm here!

Thespi: <On the road to adventure!>

Megan: I'm with two old friends and a bunch of new faces! It's been interesting.

Pippy: <Indeed!>

Vee: -still grinning- <A punk who properly appreciates his pink.>

Pippy: <Don't tease him, V.>

Vee: -earnestly- <I'm not! I think Ceal'd like this guy!>

"Hey we all start out some where. I started my major journey by hunting down rumors about the J-Team... turns out quite a few of them are true."

~It's a long story but now he can understand Pokemon just fine,~ Hacks explained.

"Seems the truth is stranger than the fiction."

Malie City, past

Lostlorn Forest outskirts

Psyche leads Every here and smiles. ~So uh, this is home! It's ok, it's cool, I don't get lost here, ignore the name, it's just to scare off the tourists.~

-Megan stares-

Megan: ...the J-Team?

Thespi: <What's that?>

Megan: -laughs, somewhat nervously- Oh, it's just our local bunch of world-savers, Glitch-slayers, who pass through every now and then and make us busier than we are in weeks and sew up where the region's tearing in half this year...

They made up like half of this big, Champion-level tournament that happened like five years ago, and there's this girl, who pretty much just by herself with her team convinced the Renegade not to tear the region apart after what Galactic did, and she was one of the founding members, and, and...

-she takes a deep breath-

Well. They're pretty cool.

-to Silas and Hacks- Oh? I'm glad you understand Pokémon better now—I'm still working on that.

...fiction?

Driftveil City

 Saffron, past 

-Looking at Neon-

That was... unexpected.

 Nimbasa Skies 

-Still flying my dudes-

Ace: <...>

Achille: <This was unexpected.>

Tsunami: <At least he's alive.>

edited 17th Dec '17 2:57:30 PM by SwiftSeraph

"To explain, a bunch of rumors had popped up in the recent years. From understanding pokemon to outright being pals with the legendaries. It's true... all of it. Well most of them..."

Silas pulled out his phone and showed Megan a saved page, a rumor about the J-Team having the power to turn into pokemon.

"Sound ridiculous. Something out of myth... well it's true."

Hacks nodded, ~It's the reason Silas can understand us now.~

"The fiction is the rumor, the truth is that quite a few of these are real. Our world is outright weird."

He gave Megan a look, "Tell me... how good are you at keeping a secret..." he gripped onto his pDroid, "Because I want to show you something... but I have to know that we aren't being watched, and you won't ever reveal it."

Joyous Clearing

Alright, I'm team leader huh?

-Pent gets out the map and looks it over-

Alright, Dominion Forest Peaks. It's the only place on this map that I don't mostly already know what's there.

edited 17th Dec '17 3:15:20 PM by Pentigan

-PEFE!Every is following behind Psyche, seeming somewhat uncomfortable. Sandals and forests don't mesh-

PEFE!Every: (slightly more softly than usual) I have been here before...a number of my team comes from here. Scorch, Soak, Season, and Tuft.

-she blinks-

PEFE!Every: ...You live here?

Marmalade: <Fucking— is that Groudon-cursed airship going in circles? I swear I'll cut holes in it.>

Salamence: <Maybe let's not~>

-the sounds of scales rolling on the floor might alert Musashi, Artemia, and Pica to the presence of a handful of Dunsparce whom they may well know-

Erasmus the Dunsparce: (distastefully) <I see you've noticed our guests?>

Felicity the Dunsparce: <They appeared out of nowhere in the Underground. I thought we had stuff to block that. Weren't we supposed to have stuff to block that?>

Nadia the Shiny Dunsparce: <Hey, easy.> (to Tagg's mons) <Sorry. She's Rattled, you know how it is.>

Felicity: <Come on...>

Diego the Dunsparce: <We've been calling Every for a while to see if they're with her, but she hasn't been picking up all day.>

Meanwhile

-the Pokefutures group is proceeding along. Isaac has changed into the Researcher's coat, and is walking outside of the illusion. The rest of the group is remaining invisible and inaudible to all but each other-

Suri: You know, I could have just wiped his mind.

Rita: This was quicker. You can't solve every problem, Suri.

Suri: Why not?

Nathan: Because if your lips are clamped to the Leader's ass for too long you might get anoxia.

-Suri is about to respond, when Emily holds up a hand-

Emily: There are mons around the corner. I don't know what they're doing, they don't have any trainer around, but they're there.

Leader: Crap. Can't have them reporting...Suri, can you manage an SEP field?

Suri: Sure can!

Nathan: -makes a puckering noise-

Suri: Shut up!

-and they fade from awareness as well as they round the corner-

Felicity: <Eep!>

-at which point she realizes it's only a PEFE researcher. Having not seen Isaac without a mask, she doesn't recognize him...and honestly, Dunsparce don't put that much effort into telling humans apart anyway-

Edited by memyselfandI2 on Dec 12th 2018 at 9:34:08 AM

Iri Manor

Jacob: "... We should probably get back to Nimbasa, now that the thing dropped. I have a bad feeling."

Regina: -She nods- <I agree.>

Woe: <Sure, I guess.>

Arondight: <Let us venture forth!>

Argentum: <Indeed.>

".... So that's how this is."

"How ironic."

???

-Tragedy stands in an empty cave-

-Its arms are no longer stick like, but have begun to bulge and swell with the power it has been draining-

"So this isn't a story of demons."

Verax's Villa

Verax: "So, Ez, Jeremiah, how goes the reconstruction?"

Ezran: "We've completed as many of the files as we could, still missing about half of what we'd learned. We're just going to need to go out and dig in interpol and associated organizations with Neo-Flare. The tech reverse engineering though... Weskel has apparently made a few breakthroughs."

Jeremiah: "We've re-established contact with a few other cells, and starting operations to shut them down."

Verax: "Good... good. Idunno why. I just get the feeling something big is coming up." -He looks out a window-

"And I intend to be ready."

"Nor of criminal organizations, nor glitches, nor gods."

???

-Zrone is writing away in a notebook, before he shuts it abruptly-

"No... this is a story of Pokemon and many many mistakes, isn't it, my dear Reaper?"

-Reaper clicks her mandibles and turns towards Zrone curiously-

"... Yes... All of this. It comes back to you fascinating creatures. The tales of mortal men and monsters are inconsequential. Look at that, that endless broken horizon. An end to this chapter is fast approaching, and I wonder who all the players are. What their parts are. Who is going to live on?"

-He sighs and sets the notebook aside-

"Well. The die have been cast. If they can stop that creature, then maybe... things will be different this time. But..."

-He shakes his head- "Well. We'll see. The greatest enemy to man and mon are themselves, after all. They may not be able to rise to this challenge. Hopefully this is the last time, though."

-Reaper saunters over and he pets her- "That'd be nice, wouldn't it?"

Nimbasa

Thespi: <They're like the ragtag band of adventurers...>

-listens to Silas's speech-

-hushed, awed- <...turned agents of the gods...>

Megan: -similarly enthralled, torn between disbelief and awe- So you met the J-Team, and you...gained...enlightenment?

-she hesitates, and looks over where her two oldest companions are occupied with Gabe and Plague Doktor-

"...I won't keep anything secret from my team. I refuse to. Aside from that...who else do I have to tell? I won't tell anyone else.

-the airship is hovering near the tear in the sky-

-and the group finds a flying Lapras approaching them-

Pianis: Hey. Did you guys find her?

Mezzo: Find who? The evil Fortis? Yeah, she's on that airship.

Pianis: Great, let's do something about that.

 Nimbasa Skies 

-Has Trojan open the cargo bay-

 PEFE HQ 

Artemia: -To Felicity- <Well, that's what happens normally, but there was that thing back in 2013, when Darner hatched...>

Pica: -As the "Researcher" passes- <I'm feeling an odd urge to not pay attention...>

Musashi: <...The same type that our trainer uses.>

Pica: -Eyes narrowing- <An SEP Field.>

-Sniffs the "Researcher" in particular, and bares her fangs-

<I don't know who that guy is, but I do smell some soot. Nubs?>

-And rocks come out of nowhere to block their passage-

-And a bunch of Grass Knots erupt around the area, courtesy of Artemia, before the Simipour lets out a loud warning call that echoes out of the module-

edited 17th Dec '17 3:53:35 PM by rmctagg09